Rebecca book by daphne du maurier

Rebeccas famous opening line, last night i dreamt i went to manderley again, sets the scene for a novel in which dreams become nightmares. Rebecca by daphne du maurier, 9781844080380, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Like all great openings it captures our imagination and makes us want to read more. It concerns an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy. Widely considered a classic, it is a psychological thriller about a young woman who becomes obsessed with her husbands first wife.

She knew the title but not what would constitute the crash. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. If daphne du maurier had written only rebecca, she would still be one of the great shapers of popular culture and the modern imagination. Generally regarded as daphne du mauriers masterpiece, rebecca has never been out this beautiful first line is instantly recognisable, and has passed into our culture. The plot, which adheres closely to the original novel, revolves around wealthy maxim dewinter, his naive new wife, and mrs. The only hardcover edition of the beloved, internationally bestselling gothic mystery.

Written by daphne du maurier, audiobook narrated by anna massey. Why daphne du mauriers rebecca is still popular 80 years on the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Rebecca is pretty dark and heady stuff a love story perhaps, but only in the twisted and haunted fashion that dracula and wuthering heights can be described as love stories. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of rebecca. Rebecca by daphne du maurier, read by alex kingston youtube. Buy a cheap copy of rebecca book by daphne du maurier. Daphne du maurier always said her novel rebecca was a study in jealousy seventyfive years after daphne du maurier published rebecca, her son tells christian house how the authors own. Rebecca is a 1938 gothic novel by english author dame daphne du maurier. Du maurier herself was closer to the mark when she described the novel as a sinister tale about a woman who marries a widower. Buy rebecca upper intermediate level by daphne du maurier isbn.

Some difficult words and phrases in this book are important for. Like wilkie collins before her and sarah waters today, du maurier had a preternatural understanding of how to engineer. Rebecca, gothic suspense novel by daphne du maurier, published in 1938. With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept. Rebecca is a germanlanguage musical based on the novel of the same name by daphne du maurier. Listen the summary of the novel rebecca by daphne du maurier. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial.

Inchingly, daphne du mauriers difficult novel came together. A new adaptation of daphne du maurier s 1938 novel rebecca is in the works for netflix. Widely considered a classic, it is a psychological thriller about a. Daphne du mauriers most famous novel often finds itself bracketed as romance, which is rather like shelving anna karenina in the chicklit section.

Few writers have created more magical and mysterious places than jamaica inn and manderley, buildings invested with a rich character that gives them a memorable life of their own. There is the pleasure of her plots, those marvelously efficient machines. It was written by michael kunze book and lyrics and sylvester levay music, the authors of the musicals elisabeth, mozart. The rebecca notebook and other memories by du maurier, daphne, dame and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Daphne du maurier s publisher, victor gollancz, announcing rebecca in 1938, called it an exquisite lovestory, which says more for his salesmanship than it does for his truthfulness. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him. Daphne du maurier always said her novel rebecca was a. Recently voted the nations favourite book of the past 225 years and repeatedly adapted for stage and screen most famously by alfred hitchcock. It concerns an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, only to discover that he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character.